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Great day. Really nice meeting everyone, catching up and checking out all those drool worthy cars.
Mike. Sorry I didn't see you to say goodbye. I had to make it back to get to a concert in Brum this evening (just leaving to go there now). Thanks for arranging the pre meet breakfast, brilliant way to start the day. Much appreciated. Here's to the next one. And Amar, you have to bring your girlfriend along again too, unless you have your own wheels. But bring her anyway ![]()
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Another post from your romping reporter . . . . .
Mike turned up for the fat boy breakfast at the Crown in what we all assumed was a theatrical "smoke effect" entrance, but it turned out to be a slightly loose rocker cover gasket leaking oil on his manifold - nothing that couldnt be fixed, so 8 cars turned up at the crown and most had breakfast before departing to Castle Combe a few minutes away in a convoy of 8's! When we convoyed in we met up with Darren and Mel & Steve who had already arrived - 10 cars! A further 3 cars (Oli, Ian & Dave, and TopGolfer) arrived so we were up to 13 and there were a few other 8's dotted around the paddock including a Green P reg 4.2 A8 from Sheffield, a Mike S8 lookylikey Ming blue, and Roberto in his White D3, plus a nice D4 A8 at one stage! Reffro and Darren both went on the track to mix it up with all the RS's but A8_Tony was sorely missed for his more entertaining driving! At one stage though Mike did look a tad worried to be going out with Darren as a passenger!! It was great to see Amar and his girlfriend there and thanks to her for bringing him along - he needed his 8 fix as much as all the rest of us, especially at the current time. . . keep your eyes peeled for his green car still guys. . . Finally Ben was also presented with a scale model Bugatti Veyron as a token of appreciation for all his hard work and input to both the club and all of the cars he has worked on, and to wish him well as he embarks on his new role - I'm sure we will still all remain in touch! From a personal point of view it was just great to catch up with everybody especially those I didnt see for a while, testing Nicks' stereo in the V10 S8 was as good as expected, and proving by measurement that James' suspension was indeed still at least 20mm LOWER than Mike's Projeckt AnA car was worth lending him the tape measure to see the look on his face! Thanks again for a great day everyone, and to mike for organising the breakfast and the passes! ![]()
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . ![]() Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble ![]() Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble ![]() Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs Last edited by Architex_mA8tey; 12th October 2010 at 10:50 PM. Reason: Embed Photo's |
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More Pics from the day. . . . .
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . ![]() Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble ![]() Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble ![]() Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs Last edited by Conan_the_Librarian; 9th October 2010 at 05:23 PM. Reason: Embed Photo |
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and a few more . . .
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . ![]() Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble ![]() Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble ![]() Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs Last edited by Conan_the_Librarian; 9th October 2010 at 05:26 PM. Reason: Embed Photos |
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Back after a much quicker drive now I'm less paranoid about the sqeaks Project AnA makes.
A quick correction is in order, the photo below is not as a result of being driven round the circuit by Darren............we are still in the car park!!! ![]() ![]() I'll post my photos when I have had my tea.
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. ![]() |
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Great day out and as always good to meet old and new faces alike.
A few of my favorite photos< A little boy plays with his new toy (thanks to Dezzy for the photo) ![]() The A8oc car of day for me was tonupkids D3 S8 ![]() ![]() A bit of video of Darren doing the business Here & Here And Refro owning the track Here My and Dezzy'z photos are here
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. ![]() |
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So wish I could have made it - looks like you all had a good day and Ben's face in this pictures playing with his new toy.......
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Andy. Current cars: BMW i4 M-Sport Peugeot 207 (the sons) Triumph Daytona 675 (2017 reg) =========================== Gone but not forgotten Ford Focus ST-2 Mk3 (the wifes) (stolen Oct 2023) 1972 T2 Bay Window Camper (Slow) Audi TT Mk1 225 - now with coil-overs and a 7inch touchscreen infotainment centre 2003 A8 Sport 4.2 (with ACC & LPG) (Feed up with all the issues so passed it on to a forum member) 2000 A8 FL QS 4.2 (with RNS-E - Nice ![]() |
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Well I'm back on my sofa now relaxing after a long day.
Great breakfast at The Crown Inn, thanks Mike for sorting that, best 6 quid I've spent in a long while. At the track, nice to meet everyone again. We had a good turnout and were attracting a lot of people over to gawp and admire. Kudos to Sandy for driving Amar down for the day and joining in. I relented to my inner demon and took to the track. I took it gentle in my first session but still left the track with nicely warmed brakes and tyres. I gave it a better go 2nd time out, ESP off, just letting the 4wd do its thing, I was a lot quicker and apart from some muppet in an S3 giving me a big scare (he tried and failed miserably to overtake me on the brakes and go up the inside into Quarry bend, strictly against the rules.......) WOW!! what fun, my brakes were top thankfully (EBC, I forgive you the noise for a consistent pedal) and my tyres hung on gamely thought they did get a bit heated and squidgy. I called it quits after that, not wishing to push my luck, or break the car. Just got to make my car louder, everyone said they couldn't hear a thing out of it. What's the point of having a V8 if you can't share the noise???? |
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Sorry I couldn't attend this great event. Got terrible flu unexpectedly. I envy you guys who could make it.
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